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Collectors- there are some balloon theodolites for sale

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(@rankin_file)
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on the public surplus site.
5 of the them

 
Posted : March 29, 2015 8:19 pm
(@kent-mcmillan)
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I'll bite. What is the State of Montana doing with relatively modern balloon theodolites?

 
Posted : March 29, 2015 8:36 pm
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apparently nothing, that's probably why they're being surplused....:snarky:

but seriously, I'm not sure which state agency would have used them. Maybe the university.

they also have that the set of 4 Tamaya theodolite units of which I'm not sure their usage....
Triangulation?

 
Posted : March 29, 2015 8:45 pm
(@kent-mcmillan)
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I was just hoping that the Montana National Guard wasn't planning on shelling Idaho and so had decided to pawn their balloon theodolites for surveying winds aloft.

 
Posted : March 29, 2015 8:59 pm
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It appears you have to pick them up or pay a shipper to go get them.

200 bucks for 5 seems like a good deal.

 
Posted : March 30, 2015 4:52 am
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>What is the State of Montana doing with relatively modern balloon theodolites?

You need to track the weather balloons in order to have an effective cloud seeding program.

Obviously Montana is manipulating the weather over North Dakota in an effort to create a drought to counter Dakotan hegemony brought about by their newly found petroleum wealth. Duh.

AMMO UP.

 
Posted : March 30, 2015 5:04 am
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Kent-

They may be good for looking around corners too with the right angle telescope set up!

😛

Cheers,

Derek

 
Posted : March 30, 2015 12:53 pm